DIY Job / want some ideas / Trunking to hide cables.

[Drew Flo]

Hi guys, im new to this forum and looking some ideas for a job im doing.
The guy im doing the work for has ask me to hide cables.
The wall the TV is mounted to is concrete and im considering tracking the wall and using mini trunking to hide the cables then plaster the wall to hide the trunking again. The only worry here is if he wants to modify anything is it not going to be a nightmare to get these cables back?
Should i consider anything before doing this?
Should i tell him it would be handier surfaced?

 

[Peter Thomas]

Hi,
I also hate cables and have hidden mine in the wall, they are also fixed and not replaceable...
All you should need in the wall hidden are: a very good quality HDMI cable, Coax (if he wants freeview) and a power socket.
•The TV power cable will plug straight into wall behind and you can cable-tie the spare so that this is all hidden behind the TV
•The coax will carry the terrestrial signal to the TV for the build-in decoder to provide the freeview
•The HDMI cable will plug into the TV taking all picture and sound to the TV from the source (Sky box, Blu Ray, whatever). If there is more than one source, then your customer will hopefully have an AV Receiver or switch box. Both of these items make many sources of input and output through just one HDMI to the TV.
If you must put trunking, make sure it's deep enough so that your skim isn't too thin and doesn't chip off. If you have sufficient space for a deep trunking to be buried in the wall, then this would allow the customer to add additional cables by attaching to existing cables and pulling through.

 

[geraldthehamster]

You'd be better off posting this in the Electrical or Building forums, below. Your Projects is for sharing information about DIY projects, and not for queries - as it says clearly at the top.
Cheers
Richard

 

[chivers67]

Run a draw rope of sorts in it for any future additions